title: Surgical repair of tetralogy of fallot at age 83.
abstract: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a cyanotic congenital heart defect typically diagnosed in infancy and treated with early surgical correction. We report a patient with TOF diagnosed at age 78. Successful surgical repair was performed at age 83, the oldest reported age of surgical correction of this condition. Despite a complicated surgical and postoperative course, the patient is doing well almost four years later.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Fareeda Taher Nazer
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grogan
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dearani
keywords: adult congenital heart disease; complications; congenital heart surgery; outcomes (includes mortality,morbidity); pulmonary stenosis; pulmonary valve; surgery; ventricular septal defect